Slipper.



M cCAMlSH. suma. APrucAT'loN FILED JULY -9 Patentedsepp 24, 1918.

I UNITEDv STATES PATENT oEEicE.

' 1,279,891' l 'Speeiieationvof Letters Patent. Patented Sept, 24, 1918,

" Application tiled July 9, 1917. Serial No. 179,406.

To all 'whom z't may concern: ing edges of the sole and upper before the Be it known thatI, IDA F. MCCAMISH, same are bound together. v a Icitizen of 'the United States, and a resi-` In carrying out the invention' the upper dent of Winchester, countyl of. Randolph, '1 and sole 2 of the slipper are constructed 6o and lState of Indiana, have invented a cerof any suitable fabric capable -of bein tain new and useful Slipper; and I do herestretched both laterally and longitudinall `by declare that the following is a full, clear,- and preferably of. eiderdown although it and exact description thereof, reference bel will be readily understood Athat any other ing had to the accompanying drawings,' in yielding or elastic material may be used. 65 whichlike letters refer to like parts. .Y

' his invention relates to slippers or shoesgether by stitching as best shown' at 3 in adapted primarily for funeral purposes and Fig. 6 of the drawing. The projecting edges consists of" a sole and upper which have 4- and 5 of the upper and sole respectively elasticity whereby the slippers may be adare thenformed into a reinforcing rib 6 7o justed to feet -of -deceased ersons, which by stitching around the same. preferably 'Hipcult to't with using a lock stitch 7, although it will be unleatheror other forms of shoes or` slippers erstood that -any other suitable means of avingrigid soles and upper forming the edges 4 and 5 into a ribmay be The obJect of this invention is'to provide employed so longv as it 'does not interfere 75 a slipper made of material which will yield with the flexibility of the rib.

or stretch in order toy accommodate the n order to properly sh'ape the slipper and same to feet of deceased persons without form a support therefor, so'that the slipper requiring a large stock-of goods of. various will not collapse whenA the same is -bein sizes as would'be necessary with the ordiexhibited, a draw string 8 is extende so nary slipper or shoe. In producing the sliparound the sole of the slipper and prefer' per, a sole and upper of -yielding or elastic ably positioned between the edges 4 and 5 material are s ewed together and the meetbefore the lock stitch is placed thereover, n

inglconverted into a reinforcing rib for string in place .but permitting longitudinal changing the size or dimensions of the 'sole of the foot so that said ends may be grasped of the slipper to enlarge or reduce the in-l and pulled in the opposite direction -to re- 90 a5 terior lof the slipper whereby the same will duce the size of the sole and consequently lit different sizes of'feet. y increase the rigidity of the rib, and by A further object is to provide means forv properly distributing the rib around the retaining the endsofA the size controlling draw string, the'A Sole and. upper will be means. l 40 The full nature of the invention will .be slipper as best shown in Fig. 3 of the drawunders'tood from theaccompanying drawi". ing.

.bijought to a shape resembling an ordinary 95,. l

' ings and the following description-- and After. the 'shape' of the slipper has been acclaims .Figure 1 is 'a perspective view of the :slip- 4string-8 may be laid parallel with eachother 10o per ready for use. Fig. 2 is a perspective against the face of the rib 6 andsaid ends view of the lower portion of a slipper showeld in such position by whip stitching ing the. same turned. inside out,- and before around the rib and over said ends as shown being shaped. Fig.3 is a similarview show- 'at 10 in Fig. 4, similar stitching being .also

in g the slipper when properly shaped. Fig.4 preferably applied to the rib directly oppo- 105l 4 is a detail plan view showing the manner site the ends of the draw string to bette of anchoring the parts of the shaping hold the draw string against casual or accimeans. Fig. 5 is a transverse sect-ional view dental movement longitudinally which would through the toe portion of the slipper in permit the slipper to lose its shape. By completed form. Fig. 6 is a detail sectional securing the draw string in this manner it 110 view showing the seam between the sole and will be readily seen that, should it be deupper of the shoe and showing the projectaired to increase the size of the slipper when slippers wil l cured by tying the same or applied to use, a

l cause thus increasing longitudinally, the size of of the slipper, an insole ,11 may b e provided which is preferably constructed of with the shaping non-elastic material preferably satin and arranged in a plurality of layers which are quilted or stitched together thus making'an elegant finish for the interior. of

The insole is of such size as not to interfere I and adjusting of the sole and is held in position upon the sole b y extending a line of stitching 12 longitudinally of the insole and sole preferably along the'V central lines thereof, although it will be understood that said insole may be secured in any preferred manner so as not to-interfere with the adjustment and shaping of the arts of the slipper.

The heel portion of the insole is also preferably stitched to the adjacent portion of the slipper to hold the insole against forward movement. v

The manner of attaching the insole to the sole readily permits of both longitudinal and lateral expansion of the slipper if occasion requires it. As the longitudinal stretching is pull onthe ends of the the drawstring to. move understood that, if .dev,

secured to per size, when the ends may be again se-v shaping the partsl *the reinforcing ri more at the toe of the slipper than elsewhere hence the forward portion of the insole is left unsecured to the slipper sole. The invention claimed is:

1; A slipper, comprising an upper, a sole the upper in a manner to leave projecting edges on the upper and sole, means'to form the projecting edges into a rib, a draw string movably secured betweenl the projecting edges of the ei' and vsole forming the rib adapted to regulate the size and shape of the sole, and means to confine the ends of the draw strin 2. A slipper, comprising an upper, a so e vsecured to said upper,I a reinforcing rib formed of andupper, a draw string embedded in and 'entirely surrounded by the parts forming for regulating the size of the sole, and an insole attached to the f irst `mentioned sole along acentral longitudinal line.

, '3. A slipper, attached to the upper, said being formed of elastic material, the project ing edges of the upper and sole being stitched to form a reinforcing rib, means inserted between said ed es'before they are stitched and inclosed or regulating the size and shape of the sole, stitched to -said' sole along a ce tral longitudin'al line.

parts of the up.

anda non-elastic insoleA the-projecting 'edges of thesole comprising'an upper, a sole per and.v sole In witness whereof, I have hereunto affixed A my signature in the presence of the witnesses vherein named.

IDA F. MGCAMISH.

A Witnesses:

J. W. M cCiiiiusH,A JAQUA. 

